[Lazarus] Compiled file size (again)

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:34:56 +0100
Jürgen Hestermann <juergen.hestermann at gmx.de> wrote:

> I know this topic has been discussed multiple times but I am astonished 
> about it repeatedly.
> I know that FPC/Lazarus exe files are way larger in size than i.e. 
> Delphi exe files.
> But I am wondering why it even increases in such short time slots:
> 
> I compiled my program without change with the following builts
> and resulting sizes (after stripping debug information):
> 
> Lazarus-0.9.31-33059-fpc-2.5.1-20111024-win32: 1.643.520 bytes
> Lazarus-0.9.31-34078-fpc-2.5.1-20111210-win32: 1.872.896 bytes
> 
> The size itself is huge IMO but it even increases rapidly.
> 229,376 bytes (nearly 14%) added in not even two months is a lot.
> 
> Anybody who has an idea why?

You can install Cody and find out

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Cody#PPU_files_of_project

Mattias